DIAGEO plc vs Mondelez International, Inc., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Spirits and snacks, both global, and the market pays more for the snacks. Mondelez trades at 30.06 times earnings against Diageo's 19.73, despite earning far less on equity, 10.11% against Diageo's 18.53%. Their net margins run close, 9.08% for Diageo and 6.64% for Mondelez. Diageo carries no net debt; Mondelez runs a light 0.11. On book, Mondelez's 3.03 barely trails Diageo's 3.39. Diageo's reported 27.68% free cash yield looks vast beside Mondelez's 3.3%, but a figure that far out of line usually reflects a one-time swing, so lean on it lightly. Mondelez is the larger company at $78.1B against Diageo's $46.4B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | DEO | MDLZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $81.96 | $58.81 |
| Market cap | $45.5B | $75.6B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +9.8% |
| P/E | 19.4 | 29.1 |
| P/B | 3.32 | 2.93 |
| P/S | 1.63 | 1.92 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.0 | 15.5 |
| Revenue growth | +4.2% | +7.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 27.8% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Return on equity | 18.5% | 10.1% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 3.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.7% | 10.1% |
| FCF yield | 28.2% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 0.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.00 | 2.13 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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